Construction of walls and partitions for buildings or other structures.



AU 291 tX PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

W. E. WALKER. CNSTRUCTION UI WALLS ANI) PARTITIONS IOR BUILDINGS 0R OTHER STRUCTURES.

PPLXUATION FILED SEPT. 34o, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 5. 1903.

PATnNT OFFICE.

CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS AND PARTITIONS FOR BUILDINGS OH OTHER STRUCTURES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent ICO. 727,234, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed September 30.1902. ScrialNo.125,433. (No modela 1'19 all whom it 711,411/ concern.-

Be It known that I, WILLIS F. Wannen, a citizen of the United States, residing at.

Charlestown, in the county of Jefferson a-nd` State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Construction of Walls and Partitions for Buildings or other Structures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of walls and partitions for buildings and other structures.

The object of the invention is in a ready, cheap,thoroughly feasible, and practical manner to facilitate the work of building walls, partitions, dzc., and to protect the metal employed in the construction from corrosion and fire.

TVith these and other objects in view, as will appeal' as the nature of the invention is better understood, the saine consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a composite slab to be used in the construction of walls, partitions, and the like, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of referenceindicate correspond ing parts, there are illustrated two forms of embodimentof the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhib ited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact Inanner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thercof,and in these drawings- Figure 1 is a view in perspective, partly broken away to show the interior arrangement of a slab or section constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a completed slab. Figs. 3 and 4 are views in sectional plan, exhibiting two dilferent ways by which the frame-irons may be held assembled.

In carrying the invention into effect a. plurality of I-beams l, of any desired length, are taken and secured in parallel relation to each other by brace-bands or tie-bars 2, which may be disposed between the webs of the beams either by angle-bends, as shown in Fig. 3,01 curved bends, as shown in Fig. 4, the object ofcither arrangementbeiug to el'fcetalternato sccuremcnt ot' a brace to pairs of par.illel-dis posed beams, thus to permit of' requisite expansion and contraction of the structure as a whole. The flanges of the beams on both sides thereof are preferably of the same width-tl1at is to say, are each to project laterally the same distance beyond the web and are to be disposed su fliciently close to each other as to effect proper tying or anchoring of the cement, concrete, or other plastic material constitutingr the filling or facing of the slabs or sections. The two outer beams 3 of each section are channel or half-I beams, thereby to present the requisite flat surfaces to permit of the sections being firmly superposcd in the building of a wall, partition, or the like.

\Vhen the beams have been associated in parallel relation with each other, either in thc manner shown orotherwisc, a filling l, of any plastic material suited to the purpose, is placed between the opposed flanges of the beams and projects laterally beyond the same, thus wholly investing the metal framework and covering the flanges at opposite sides thereof to effect its protection, as from corrosion or lire. Both sides of the slab being finished at the factory, when they are set up in position no further work will be required other than to point the scams between the meeting edges of the sections.

rlhe advantage of employing a structure such as described inthe building of walls and the like is that when furnished to the builder they are dry, and may thus be immediately set up, thus saving time that is usually lost in Waiting for ordinary plaster to dry, especially when applied to partitions before the finished coating of plaster-ofparis may be applied thereto. Furthermore, the construetion of the wall or the like will belargely expedited, inasmuch as each slab will contain an area equal to a large number of bricks. Excessive care in building a wall will also be obviated for the reason that the slab will be a finished product when received and will be mathematically correct as to the lines of its operative faces.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A composite slab for building purposes ICO compi-hing members herringr webs :ind [hinges :it opposite edges of the webs, brnees ulternntely attached to the websof opposite members, :ind :L filling interposed between and eoveriner the opposite [langes of the members :1nd embeddixrelr the braces.

"2. A Compositie :sl-rib forbnilding purposes, comprising,r it frame composed of fi plurality of 1igidly-sp.-1eed I-bemns .find lateral half-I beams, Ihe flanges of which project inward, :ind :L lillin'@r interposed between the webs of the beams and eoveriner the flanges thereof.

3. A Composite Slab for building purposes comprising :L frame composed of rigidly-oonneeted I-benms, the flanges of which are die posed in the sanne plzine :ind projeet like dismnees beyond the webs en both sides of the bezrm, half-beams constituting the Sides of the slab :1nd having iheir langes projected inward, and a lilling interposed between the webs and beams and covering the Ranges thereof.

In testimony that leb-Lim the foregoing as my own I have hereto :mixed my signatn re in the presence of two witnesses.

\V ILLIS F. W' A LKER.

Witnesses:

R. M. ELLio'rr, .L II. JoC1iUM,Jr. 

